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3.0 out of 5 starsGood but Not Upto the Mark
Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 3 December 2021
Mariana Andros, a group therapist is convinced that magnificent and charismatic Edward Fosca, Greek Tragedy professor of Cambridge, is a murderer. Narcissistic and flirtatious professor, Edward Fosca is loved by everyone in the Cambridge, mostly by the group of young women, named The Maidens, formed by Fosca himself. Things turned bad when a young student of the Maidens group, close friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, gets murdered. Inspite of having his alibi, Mariana suspects and was certain that Fosca ha murdered the student. And now, she is after Fosca and could go to any extent to prove Fosca is the actual murderer. But is he really?
Let me tell you that I am a big fan of @alex.michaelides debut novel #thesilentpatient and i was too much excited when he announced his second novel, #themaidens . I was expecting a good thriller, dark academia when i picked up this one, set in the beautiful campus of Cambridge. But, but but after reading from cover to cover i must say i am disappointed. May be because i was expecting wayy too much or may be because this is really poorly written. I rightly guessed the ending even before i was 50% into the book.
The good part of this book is the beautiful descriptions of the Cambridge campus that made me think of having Doraemon's Anywhere door and visit the place right then.
The bad?? A little longer list as i have too many complaints. When a short book like The Maidens feel unnecessary stretchy then there's definitely something very wrong with the writing style. Under developed characters. Incompetent police and detectives who are always left behind by a group therapist. Too many plot holes bigger than the potholes in our locality.
Trust me, my tirade can go on and on but i dont want to make this review as stretchy as The Maidens. So, withdrawing my cursor by saying that if you have more than enough time, you can pick it up.
